This abandoned farmstead on a windswept plain 6km northwest of Rodalquilar was the scene of the tragic true-life love-and-revenge story that inspired Federico García Lorca’s best-known play, Blood Wedding . In 1928, in what's known as El Crimen de Níjar (Níjar Crime), a woman due to be married here disappeared with another man, who was then shot dead by the brother of the jilted groom. The romantically ruined 18th-century buildings are now fenced off but maintain a suitably doom-laden aura.
To get here take the road uphill from the Casa de los Volcanes , go left at a fork after 3.2km, and turn right after a further 800m at a crossroads of tracks.
